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单词 tersely
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terse

adjective

ˈtərs How to pronounce terse (audio)
terser; tersest
1
: using few words : devoid of superfluity
a terse summary
also : short, brusque
dismissed me with a terse "no"
2
: smoothly elegant : polished
tersely adverb
terseness noun

Synonyms

  • aphoristic
  • apothegmatic
  • brief
  • capsule
  • compact
  • compendious
  • concise
  • crisp
  • curt
  • elliptical
  • elliptic
  • epigrammatic
  • laconic
  • monosyllabic
  • pithy
  • sententious
  • succinct
  • summary
  • telegraphic
  • thumbnail
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Example Sentences

Everything about him is tidy, from his terse wit to the flecks of gray hair that fall in precise iterations around the edges of his scalp. Devin Gordon, Newsweek, 29 July 2002 … Johnston stays bolted to the wheelhouse floor, wrestling the helm and jotting down notes in the ship log. His entries are terse, bullet descriptions of the unending chaos outside. Sebastian Junger, The Perfect Storm, 1997 This vicious cycle was captured succinctly in Gandhi's terse warning that an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. David McCabe, Commonweal, 11 Apr. 1997 She accepts the caller's terse expression of sympathy and duly expresses in return her appreciation for that unenviable bit of message-bearing. John Barth, Harper's, January 1994 She gave me a few terse instructions and promptly left the room. could tell from his terse replies to my questions that he was in no mood to talk See More
Recent Examples on the Web The other likely reason for his terse demeanor was his performance on Saturday. Detroit Free Press, 3 Sep. 2022 Utah Democratic Party spokesperson Ben Anderson offered a terse comment on Sinema’s visit. Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2022 Passalis’ script, co-written with Eleni Vergeti, is terse, yet there are whole dialogues of chemistry going on in the exchanges between his kind, crinkling eyes and her open, anxious gaze. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 9 July 2022 Yet while Lader and Walker’s script teases a more acidic strain of social satire, the film’s generally terse approach extends to its commentary. Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 Mar. 2022 The information was terse, only that Giffords had been shot. Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 15 Mar. 2022 The dialogue is terse, aphoristic, cutting, and delivered frankly, plainly, with little artifice or mannerism. Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 14 July 2021 His exchanges with Rob are terse to the point of being hostile. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 15 July 2021 As a result, communication with his team was terse and brief. Ashton Shanks, Forbes, 25 May 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Latin tersus clean, neat, from past participle of tergēre to wipe off

First Known Use

1601, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Kids Definition

terse

adjective

ˈtərs How to pronounce terse (audio)
terser; tersest
: being brief and to the point
a terse statement

tersely

adverb

as in concisely
in a few words she stated her dissatisfaction rather tersely with a simple "I don't approve"

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • concisely
  • briefly
  • curtly
  • succinctly
  • laconically
  • crisply
  • pithily
  • summarily
  • elliptically
  • compactly
  • shortly
  • precisely
  • in short
  • in brief
  • in sum
  • abruptly
  • exactly
  • sententiously
  • bluntly
  • brusquely
  • aphoristically
  • in a nutshell
  • in a word
  • bluffly
  • monosyllabically

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • verbosely
  • diffusely
  • wordily
  • redundantly
  • repetitiously
  • long-windedly
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